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Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20267 min read
Is Sunbury (VIC 3046) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Sunbury at 88/100 (Ranked #1,913 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $750,000 median house price (+8.7% 12m), $530/wk rent (3.7% yield), and 522 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
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Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20267 min read
Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20266 min read
News
What just changed — and what it means for the block you own or the one you want.
News24 Oct 20264 min read
Darwin is the only Australian capital where house prices are still rising. At the same time, more owners are putting homes on the market and fewer buyers are turning up, the pattern that often appears before a market changes direction.
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News24 Oct 20264 min read
She is 40. She is a single mother with a son in Year 4, and she has already done the hard part. The mortgage on her Newcastle home is under control. The bank says she has about $250,000 of usable equity, and she wants that money working.
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News23 Oct 20264 min read
Dave Corrigan lives in an apartment across the road from a Mercer Road site in Armadale where a developer wants to replace five single-storey units with a six-storey block. ABC's 7.30 reported on 23 October 2026 that under Victoria's new planning rules, his objections carry...
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Five charts beat fifty headlines. Our research team reads the numbers so you read the signal.
Market Analysis3 Aug 20264 min read
The Australian property market is not moving as one. The headline average is down, but the real split is between the top end, bottom end and suburb-level opportunities.
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Market Analysis2 Aug 20264 min read
Sydney’s auction market is soft, but the bigger story is structural: it now costs more than $1 million to build a typical mid-rise apartment, and many projects no longer stack up.
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Market Analysis30 July 20265 min read
Home loan applications are down 15%, first home buyer demand has fallen 17.2%, and investor demand is retreating. Here’s what the credit crunch means for property buyers.
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Suburb averages lie. We go to the lot level: catchments, overlays, drainage, demand.
Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20267 min read
Is Southbank (VIC 3006) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Southbank at 98/100 (Ranked #349 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $895,000 median house price (+0% 12m), $780/wk rent (7.6% yield), and 0 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
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Is Narre Warren (VIC 3185) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Narre Warren at 92/100 (Ranked #1,353 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $800,000 median house price (+2.6% 12m), $580/wk rent (3.8% yield), and 148 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
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Is Baulkham Hills (NSW 2153) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Baulkham Hills at 96/100 (Ranked #740 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $1,903,000 median house price (-2% 12m), $880/wk rent (2.4% yield), and 152 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
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Sequencing, structure and timing — the decisions that compound over 30 years.
Strategy26 July 20264 min read
Investor mortgage applications are down 35% since February, but the real story is a thinner, more selective market. Ripehouse Advisory unpacks what that means for pricing, yield and where the opportunities remain.
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Strategy22 July 20264 min read
Australian living standards are under pressure, but the property case is still strong where supply is tight and data leads. Here’s what the numbers say for 2026.
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Strategy8 July 20263 min read
Sydney values are softer, but settled sales tell a different story. Ripehouse Advisory’s data shows a flat six-month market, with liquidity still strong in selected regional and metro markets.
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Questions from readers and clients, answered with evidence instead of opinion.
Q&A4 Aug 20265 min read
With the CGT discount being scrapped and negative gearing banned on established homes, Australian landlords are asking: sell, hold, or buy? Here's what the numbers actually say.
Q&A21 July 20263 min read
A good broker gets you approved. A great one helps you build a portfolio that can keep growing. Here’s why structure matters more than most investors realise.
Q&A21 May 20253 min read
Discover the real challenges buyer’s agents face behind the scenes—from managing client expectations and emotional bias to navigating difficult selling agents and stakeholder chaos.
Q&A14 May 20252 min read
Discover whether property flipping still stacks up in today’s market. We break down renovation costs, shrinking margins, and when flipping might (or might not) make financial sense for investors.
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Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20266 min read
Is Brunswick (VIC 3055) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Brunswick at 93/100 (Ranked #1,201 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $1,150,000 median house price (-13.4% 12m), $800/wk rent (3.6% yield), and 3 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20267 min read
Is Truganina (VIC 3011) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Truganina at 93/100 (Ranked #1,161 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $680,000 median house price (-1.4% 12m), $520/wk rent (4% yield), and 455 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20267 min read
Is Carlton (VIC 3000) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Carlton at 92/100 (Ranked #1,245 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $1,230,000 median house price (-21.1% 12m), $950/wk rent (4% yield), and 0 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20267 min read
Is Point Cook (VIC 3018) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Point Cook at 92/100 (Ranked #1,289 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $850,000 median house price (+5.6% 12m), $590/wk rent (3.6% yield), and 364 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
Suburb Deep Dives29 Oct 20267 min read
Is Broadbeach (QLD 4215) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Broadbeach at 100/100 (Ranked #138 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $455,000 median house price (+0% 12m), $1050/wk rent (9.1% yield), and 0 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
Suburb Deep Dives28 Oct 20266 min read
Is Berwick (VIC 3805) a good suburb to invest in 2026? Our September 2026 quantitative audit scores Berwick at 91/100 (Ranked #1,516 of 15,286 suburbs), with a $930,000 median house price (+0.5% 12m), $625/wk rent (3.5% yield), and 530 top-tier streets scoring 75–100/100.
News23 Oct 20265 min read
One South Australian suburb's median house value fell $570,000 over the past year, according to the Valuer-General's latest quarterly figures, reported by realestate.com.au on 23 October 2026. In the same report, another suburb's median rose $355,000, and Adelaide's overall...
News22 Oct 20264 min read
About 5.6 million Australian households, about half of all households, are exposed to some bushfire risk, according to a report released this week by Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA). The same modelling found fire seasons have lengthened by 21 per cent since 1979,...
News22 Oct 20265 min read
He is 41 and lives in Adelaide with his partner and two kids in primary school. They bought their home in 2019. In 2023 they used the equity to buy an investment house in regional Queensland.
News21 Oct 20264 min read
On 30 October the Southwest Metro opens in Sydney. The ABC reported this week that it replaces a line that carried trains for 130 years.
News21 Oct 20265 min read
She is 36 and has about $400,000 of usable equity in a semi she and her partner bought in Sydney's inner west in 2019. One child in daycare. Both working. A pre-approval for an investment loan came through in September.
News21 Oct 20264 min read
Up to 44 per cent.
News21 Oct 20264 min read
He is 43. He is three months out of a divorce settlement, has his daughter every second week, and has about $220,000 sitting in a bank account that did not exist in March.
News21 Oct 20264 min read
Western Sydney International Airport opens to commercial flights on October 25. It sits 45 kilometres from the Sydney CBD and 18 kilometres from Penrith, and it will run 24 hours a day.
News20 Oct 20264 min read
She is 38, lives in Perth with her partner and their four-year-old, and has about $300,000 of usable equity in the home they bought in 2019. She has no investment property. She is a composite illustration, not a real person, built to show a decision thousands of households are...
Market Analysis25 July 20264 min read
Regional affordability is driving strong price growth, but not all markets are equal. Ripehouse Advisory breaks down the data behind Yallourn North, Yarraman and the regional surge.
Market Analysis23 July 20264 min read
Brisbane property prices are down 1.2% in the latest quarter, but the citywide headline misses tight, low-vacancy suburbs like Windaroo. The real story is in the local data, not the average.
Market Analysis21 July 20264 min read
Sydney renting now exceeds owning for the first time since the 1950s, but the real opportunity is in tight-vacancy pockets like South Mackay and Vincent, where supply has already run out.
Market Analysis17 July 20264 min read
Heidelberg’s 22% annual rise shows why Melbourne’s averages can mislead. Ripehouse Advisory breaks down the suburb-level data behind three flagged markets and the street signals that matter.
Market Analysis13 July 20264 min read
Australia’s 306,000 net migration figure points to a hard property demand floor of about 120,000 new households a year, even as sentiment softens and clearance rates stay weak.
Market Analysis9 July 20264 min read
Australia’s rental market has tipped into a landlord’s market, with record rents in every capital, vacancy under 1% and supply under pressure. Here’s what it means for investors and deposit savers.
Market Analysis15 June 20266 min read
The RBA is still hiking, but Australian banks are quietly cutting long-term fixed rates. Here's why that's the starting gun for the next property cycle and what it does to prices and rents.
Market Analysis9 June 202610 min read
The headlines say wait. The data says something more useful. Across listings, sales, rents, vacancy and suburb quality, the 2026 Australian property market is rising, tightening, and rewarding quality — a buyer's year, if you buy like a professional.
Market Analysis7 May 20253 min read
Explore Australia’s latest property market trends—from slowing growth in major cities to stabilising rental yields and a surge in Victorian investment activity. Get investor insights and data-backed guidance in this monthly update.
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